Bible Spelldown
Directions for the Teacher: Have all the students stand around the outer edge of the classroom. Ask the questions below, one at a time to one student. If the student answers correctly, he or she is still in the game. If the student answers incorrectly, then he or she sits down. The last student standing is the winner. If three students in a row miss the same question, throw out that question and go on to the next question.
Another way to play is to divide the class into two teams. Have the students stand on opposite sides of the classroom. Alternate the questions between the two teams. Again, each student in turn must answer a question. If a student answers incorrectly, he or she sits down. The team with the most students standing at the end of the class period wins.
Questions to be read by the teacher: The answers are in parentheses.
1. Name Isaac's wife. (Rebekah) 4. Name the second plague. (frogs)
2. Who was the murderer, Cain or Abel? (Cain)
3. Name the firstborn son of Jacob. (Reuben)
4. Name the second plague. (frogs)
5. Name the king Ehud the Judge killed. (Eglon)
6. Who was the king who freed the Israelites from Egypt? (Ramses II)
7. Name Moses' brother. (Aaron)
8. Name the fourth plague. (flies)
9. What three things were eaten at the first Passover meal? (roasted lamb, unleavened bread, bitter herbs)
10. What is the word which means "fire and wind symbolizing God's presence"? (theophany)
11. Name the ninth plague. (darkness)
12. Who was Abraham's nephew? (Lot)
13. Fill in the blank: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Amos, and Ezekiel are all ______. (prophets)
14. Name the "prophet of social justice." (Amos)
15. For fifty years, from 587 to 537 B.C.E., the Israelites were in ______. (exile)
16. Name the "father of prophets." (Elijah)
17. This was built by Solomon in Jerusalem. (the Temple)
18. Name the major prophet thrown into a cistern, imprisoned, and beaten. (Jeremiah)
19. Name the capital city of the Israel nation under David. (Jerusalem)
20. She betrayed Samson. (Delilah)
21. Name Moses' successor that led the people into Canaan. (Joshua)
22. Name Israel's greatest king. (David)
23. Name the daughter of Saul who became the wife of David. (Michal)
24. Moses received the Decalogue here. (Mt. Sinai)
25. This parted to allow the Israelites to escape Egypt. (the Red Sea)
26. This was the only thing kept in the holy of holies in the Temple. (the Ark)
27. Name the first plague. (water into blood)
28. What did Jacob have his name changed to? (Israel)
29. Who was the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac? (Sarah)
30. Name Solomon's mother. (Bathsheba)
31. How long did the Temple take to build? (seven years)
32. Whose name comes from the Hebrew word meaning laughter? (Isaac)
33. What city did Joshua conquer by collapsing its walls? (Jericho)
34. Whose name comes from the Hebrew word meaning to draw out? (Moses)
35. Which prophet had an unfaithful wife and used that fact in his preaching? (Hosea)
36. Who was Elijah's assistant? (Elisha)
37. Who was the only judge to die saving his people? (Samson)
38. Which book of the Torah narrates a census of the Israelites? (Numbers)
39. What is the most important event of the Torah? (the Exodus)
40. Name Solomon's son who became king of the southern kingdom. (Rehoboam)
41. Which book of the Torah gets his name from the Greek for “second law”? (Deuteronomy)
42. Which of Jacob's sons was sold into slavery into Egypt? (Joseph)
43. What is the proper name for the Ten Commandments? (Decalogue)
44. Aaron made this from the people's gold jewelry at Mount Sinai. (the golden calf)
45. Who was the great-grandmother of King David? (Ruth)
46. Which prophet had the vision of dry bones? (Ezekiel)
47. Who was the earliest and greatest major prophet? (Isaiah)
48. How did God first appear to Moses? (as a burning bush)
49. Who was the wife of Adam? (Eve)
50. Who was the first patriarch of the Hebrew nation? (Abraham)
51. What is the title for the king of Egypt? (Pharaoh)
52. What is the Hebrew name for the first five books of the Bible? (Torah)
53. Name the two books of the Torah where you can find the Decalogue. (Exodus and Deuteronomy)
54. What do we call the sacred contract between God and his people? (covenant)
55. Name the sons of Isaac. (Jacob and Esau)
56. Name the giant killed by David. (Goliath)
57. During the Exile, the Israelites were taken to what country? (Babylon)
58. Who led the revolt against the Greek kings and rededicated the Temple in the second century B.C.E.? (Judas Maccabeus)
59. The origin of the Jewish feast of Purim can be found in what book of the Bible? (Esther)
60. Many of the psalms are attributed to what famous king? (David)
61. What sign did Moses first perform when he appeared before Pharaoh? (staff into a serpent)
62. What was the name of the Promised Land? (Canaan)
63. Who was the third patriarch? (Jacob)
64. How many major judges are named in the Bible? (six)
65. What did the Israelites eat in the desert on their way to the Promised Land? (quail and manna)
66. What was the last plague? (death of the first born)
67. Who was the first king of Israel? (Saul)
68. Who anointed David as king? (Samuel)
69. Name the major prophets. (Isaiah, Ezekiel, Jeremiah)
70. Name the first three patriarchs. (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob)
71. Who was Joseph's master in Egypt before he was brought to Pharaoh? (Potiphar)
72. What is the greatest of all the Jewish laws called? (the Shema)
73. The angel Raphael appears in what book of the Bible? (Tobit)
74. Moses also had a sister named Miriam, true or false? (True)
75. Name the books of the Torah in order. (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy)
76. Who was the grandmother of Jacob? (Sarah)
For the following questions, tell the book of the
Bible where you find the quotation:
77. "Abraham gave the name Isaac to his son of whom Sarah bore him." (Genesis)
78. “He pushed hard and the temple fell upon the lords and all the people who were in it.” (Judges)
79. "Hilkiah and his wife praised God for their daughter Susanna because she was found innocent of any shameful deed." (Daniel)
80. "In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless wasteland." (Genesis)
81. God replied, “I am who I am.” Then he added, “This is what you shall tell the Israelites, ‘I am sent me to you.’” (Exodus)
82. "Once Joseph had a dream which he told to his brothers: Listen to this dream I had." (Genesis)
83. "The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want." (Psalms)
84. "A champion named Goliath of Gath came out of the Philistine camp. He was six and a half feet tall." (1 Samuel)
85. "You shall not kill. You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal." (Exodus or Deuteronomy)
86. "It also happened that seven brothers with their mother were arrested and tortured with whips and scourges by the king to force them to eat pork in violation of God's law." (2 Maccabees)
87. "He went down to Joppa, found a ship going to Tarshish, paid the fare and went aboard to journey with them, to Tarshish, away from the Lord." (Jonah)
88. "Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house, lest he have more than enough of you, and hate you." (Proverbs)
89. "When the water was thus divided, the Israelites marched into the midst of the sea on dry land, with the water like a wall to their right and to their left." (Exodus)
90. "Suddenly, opposite the lampstand, the fingers of a human hand appeared, writing on the plaster of the wall in the king's palace." (Daniel)
Used with permission from Mark Quinn:Step By Step Through Scripture, Mark Quinn and Mark Scott. Copyright, 1988. Ave Maria Press, Inc. P.O. Box 428, Notre Dame, IN 46556
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